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Opera Press Release

Opera Software and OS/2 NetLabs to Deliver Opera Browser to OS/2

New 'Opera/Netlabs' initiative to provide streamlined OS/2 browser

Oslo, Norway and Biel, Switzerland - June 30, 1999

Opera Software and OS/2 Netlabs today announced their collaboration to bring the Opera Browser to the OS/2 platform. Producing the OS/2 port is a worldwide OS/2 Netlabs developer team. Called "Opera-OS/2" the initiative will streamline HTML viewing and provide a fast, small-footprint, flexible browser to the OS/2 community.

Opera-OS/2 will include technologies that will ensure efficient, high-quality representation of HTML documents and promises to simplify HTML rendering with lighter tighter coding and the rich feature set provided in Opera 3.60. Benefits to the OS/2 community include faster World Wide Web browsing and HTML viewing with a stable, up-to-date, and feature rich environment.

"This initiative is great news for OS/2 users who since 1997 have been asking that Opera be ported to the OS/2 Operating System." said Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera Software. "With Netlabs we know that the speed and efficiency people have come to expect from Opera will be translated to OS/2. We are, quite simply, in the best hands possible with this port and look forward to seeing our browser on OS/2."

"We are looking forward to releasing the Opera browser on the OS/2 platform" said Adrian Gschwend, founder of OS/2 Netlabs. "I think it is very important to provide an up-to-date, fast and small browser for the OS/2 community. Opera Software is providing exactly what we need and I am sure that we at OS/2 Netlabs will be able to quickly provide a fast and stable port of Opera for OS/2. Bringing Opera to OS/2 will definitely give the OS/2 community a better Internet experience."

About Netlabs

OS/2 Netlabs is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating new OS/2 Software. The projects are managed and developed by groups of volunteers located around the whole world by using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan and develop the applications. OS/2 Netlabs has already ported many software applications from Linux and Windows to OS/2. OS/2 Netlabs is headquartered in Biel, Switzerland. OS/2 Netlabs can be reached on the World Wide Web at www.netlabs.org.

About Opera Software

Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers for the desktop and embedded markets, partnering with companies such as IBM, AMD, Symbian, Canal+ Technologies, Ericsson, Sharp and Lineo (now a division of Embedix). The Opera browser has received international recognition from end users and the industry press for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera is available on Windows, Mac, Linux/Solaris, OS/2, Symbian OS and QNX. Opera Software ASA is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.

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